3 killed, 5 injured in Chicago shootings

Three men were killed and five people have been wounded in separate shootings in Chicago since Friday night, police said.

A 23-year-old man died and another 23-year-old man was wounded in a shooting around 2:50 a.m. Saturday in the Wrightwood neighborhood on the Far South Side, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said.

The two men were in the 8000 block of South Fairfield Avenue when someone fired shots from a gangway across from them, Alfaro said. One of the men was hit in the head and his right leg. He was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:14 a.m., officials said. He was later identified as Ladarius Edwards, of the 2500 block of West 79th Street in Chicago, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

The second man was shot in the torso and suffered a graze wound to the right arm. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where his condition stabilized.

Around 11:30 p.m. Friday, a 24-year-old man was fatally shot in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side, said News Affairs Officer Amina Greer, citing preliminary information.

Jeffrey Daniels was found sitting in the driver's seat of a car with a gunshot wound to his head in the 200 block of North Mason Avenue, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. Daniels, of the 1400 block of West Taylor Street in Chicago, was transported to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead at 12:08 a.m., according to police and the medical examiner.

No other details were available.

Another 24-year-old man was fatally shot inside an apartment around 9:05 p.m. Friday in the East Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side, Greer said.

David Kennedy was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the head in an apartment in the 5200 block of South Cornell Avenue, police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said. Kennedy, of the 8200 block of South Wood Street, was pronounced dead at 10:45 p.m., according to the medical examiner.

In the most recent shooting, a man was shot around 3:50 a.m. Saturday while driving northbound on Interstate Highway 57 between Halsted and 99th streets on the South Side, according to Illinois State Police.

The man, whose age was not immediately available, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. No other details about the shooting were available.

Around 3:15 a.m., a 35-year-old man was wounded in a drive-by shooting in the East Side neighborhood on the Far South Side, police said.

The man was at a stop sign in the 10400 block of South Avenue J when a black SUV pulled up and someone from inside fired shots, Alfaro said. The man was hit in the right calf and was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where his condition stabilized, Alfaro said.

No one is in custody as a result of the shooting, Alfaro said.

Around 3 a.m., a 33-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the South Chicago neighborhood on the South Side, Alfaro said.

The man was walking with a friend in the 3100 block of East 82nd Street when two male attackers came out of a dark-colored SUV nearby and fired shots, Alfaro said. The man was hit in the right thigh and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center where his condition was stabilized, Alfaro said.

No one is in custody as a result of the shooting, Alfaro said.

A 22-year-old man was wounded in a shooting around 2:15 a.m. in the Lake View East neighborhood on the North Side, Alfaro said.

The man was on a sidewalk in the 2800 block of North Sheridan Road after leaving a party when he was shot. He suffered a graze wound to his thumb and was taken to Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center by his friends, Alfaro said.

The man has been uncooperative with the police, and no additional details were available about the shooting, police said.